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Electronic Sports World Cup 2008 — Counter-Strike

ESWC 2008 was a 29-team Counter-Strike tournament held at the San Jose Convention Center from August 25–27. Meet Your Makers won the USD 79,000 event.

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Updated October 24, 2026

Competition snapshot

Combined prize pool

USD 79,000 for Counter-Strike[1]

Participant scale

29 teams[1]

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Organizer

Commercial note

ESWC operating company in 2008 · Recorded in the 2008 edition.[4]

Category

Official Partner

Partner

NVIDIA

Commercial note

Worldwide and main partner; NVISION host event organizer · Recorded in the 2008 edition.[2]

Category

Official Partner

Partner

San Jose

Commercial note

Host-city main partner · Recorded in the 2008 edition.[2]

PTG Database Analysis

Games-Services ran ESWC in 2008. The Counter-Strike competition took place at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose as part of NVIDIA’s NVISION event. ESWC’s archive identifies NVIDIA and San Jose as main partners; NVIDIA also hosted the surrounding NVISION program. Liquipedia lists Oxent as organizer, but contemporary evidence identifies Games-Services as the operator at the time. The 29-team Counter-Strike field played two group stages before the playoffs for a USD 79,000 prize pool. Meet Your Makers won the title over e-STRO Counter-Strike, with fnatic Counter-Strike third and mousesports Counter-Strike fourth. The group tables and Participants tab now link all 29 entrants. The ESWC archive’s figure of 650 champions from 40 countries covers the wider multi-game event.[1][2][3][4][7]

References6
  1. [1]Electronic Sports World Cup 2008 — Counter-Strike — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
  2. [2]ESWC — 20 Years of Esports History — Electronic Sports World Cup
  3. [3]ESWC grand final at 05:30 CET — HLTV.org
  4. [4]NVIDIA And ESWC Sitting In A Tree — HLTV.org
  5. [5]NVISION 2008 Show Guide — NVIDIA
  6. [6]Electronic Sports World Cup 2008 — Group Stage 1 — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki

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Main partner

NVIDIA was ESWC's global and main partner and hosted the finals within NVISION.[2][4]

Host-city partner

San Jose is listed as a main partner in ESWC's official history.[2]

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